protospecies
/ˈpɹəʊtəʊˌspiːʃiːz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A preexisting type of species from which other species evolved.
Etymology
From proto- + species.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: proto